Does pretreatment fluorescence in situ hybridization for BCR-ABL predict imatinib-associated hematologic toxicity in chronic myeloid leukemia?

Autor: Sarit Assouline, Morgan L. McLemore, Leon Bernal-Mizrachi, Elliott F. Winton, Debra Saxe, Martha Arellano, Lisa Lima, Sharron Nault, Jorge E. Cortes, Keeran Sampat, Mourad Tighiouart, Hanna Jean Khoury
Rok vydání: 2011
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Zdroj: Leukemialymphoma. 52(6)
ISSN: 1029-2403
Popis: Imatinib (IM)-associated myelosuppression is rare in gastrointestinal stromal cell tumors (10%) but common in chronic myeloid leukemia (CML). Selective inhibition of predominantly Philadelphia chromosome (Ph+) driven hematopoiesis may explain myelosuppression in CML. In the absence of clinical methods to quantitate the Ph+/Ph- progenitor ratio, we hypothesized that the pre-IM percentage of BCR-ABL+ cells measured by fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) predicts for myelosuppression. FISH analyses performed within 30 days pre-IM 400 mg/day were analyzed in 89 patients with chronic phase CML at three institutions. Patients who developed grade ≥3 cytopenias had a higher percentage of positive FISH (90% vs. 83%; p = 0.02). Cytopenias lasted a median of 16 days, and all patients but one continued IM, achieved complete hematologic and cytogenetic remissions, and did not experience progression, with a follow-up of 61 months. In conclusion, IM-associated cytopenias are associated with a high pre-IM FISH, are reversible, and do not adversely affect outcomes.
Databáze: OpenAIRE
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